![Oberlin Orchestra and choral ensembles on stage at Carnegie Hall.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1600/public/content/hero/bow_shot.jpg?itok=QuOgG7Tt)
Oberlin in NYC 2023
![Student jazz musicians performing in a New York City nightclub.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/sonny_ensemble_chris_lee_1.jpg?itok=t3F8mLbn)
The Oberlin Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble play a pair of sold-out sets at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola—the same venue where the group made its New York City debut four years earlier.
![Six panelists hold a discussion on stage.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/_dsc2593-chris_lee_1.jpg?itok=EZrSixLr)
A panel discussion led by Oberlin College and Conservatory faculty member Courtney-Savali Andrews (far right) examined the life and legacy of R. Nathaniel Dett, who in 1908 became the first double-major Black graduate of Oberlin Conservatory. The panel was hosted by Kaufman Music Center.
![Conductor leading orchestral musicians in a performance.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/001-chr-oc-carnegie-012023-fadi_kheir_0.jpg?itok=L33ikexM)
Raphael Jiménez guided the orchestra through performances of Johannes Brahms’ Tragic Overture, Iván Enrique Rodríguez’s A Metaphor for Power, and R. Nathaniel Dett’s The Ordering of Moses.
![The Oberlin Orchestra stand in an elevator backstage.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/carnegie_elevator_by_fadi_kheir.jpg?itok=Tfl22t3Z)
The Oberlin Orchestra awaits its call to take the stage.
![A single violinist practicing.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/carnegie_concertmaster_by_fadi_kheir.jpg?itok=wuIF6zHU)
Concertmaster Madeleine Zarry warms up backstage.
![Oberlin Orchestra performing for an audience of younger students.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/width_1160/public/content/figure/sonny_ensemble_outreach_in_brooklyn_photo_by_lorenzo_ciniglio.jpg?itok=9XDMdzMK)
The Sonny Rollins Jazz Ensemble visits middle school students in Brooklyn on the morning after its Dizzy's performance.
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